Hot Air Balloons and Economics - June 5

Thursday, June 5, 2025

Today is Hot Air Balloon Day, Gingerbread Day, Veggie Burger Day, Sausage Roll Day, and World Environment Day

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Ocean/River Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme:  Hot Air Balloons and Economics

ON THIS DATE

• 1916 - Louis Brandeis is sworn in as the first Jewish Justice of the Supreme Court.
• 1933 -  The United States goes off the gold standard.
• 1956 - Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show.
• 1968 - Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. 
• 1989 - The Tank Man blocks the progress of tanks in Tiananmen Square in China.
• 1995 - The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1646 - Italian mathematician and philosopher Elena Cornaro Piscopia
• 1878 - Mexican general and politician Pancho Villa
• 1883 -  British economist John Maynard Keynes 
• 1934 - Journalist Bill Moyers

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• 5th Dimension - Up, Up & Away, My Beautiful Balloon - LISTEN
• Elvis Presley - Hound Dog - LISTEN
• Nena - 99 Luftballons - LISTEN

OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Ocean Adventures - Spectacular Squid - VIEW

THEME: Hot Air Balloons

• Grades K-8 - PBS Learning Media -  DragonflyTV - Hot Air Balloon (5:48) - VIEW
• Grades 2-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Hot Air Balloons (1:07) - VIEW 
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia- STEM in 30 - Hot Air Balloons and Air Pressure (28:11) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - It's OK to Be Smart - The REAL Physics of Hot Air Balloons! (5:51) - VIEW

THEME: Economics

• Grades K-3 - ECON and ME Instructional Series -  VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Real Adam Smith Series - VIEW

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